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PITTSBURGH, PA- Pulp heroine Athena Voltaire specializes in death defying feats and daring escapes as she takes on Nazis, occult creatures, and supernatural conspiracies—and she’s also wrapped up her first mini-series at Action Lab Entertainment!

The Athena Voltaire and the Volcano Goddess trade paperback collects all three issues of the hit mini-series, which critics are calling “a blast” (Christy Blanch, 13^th Dimension), “a great adventure” (Mike Marlow, Fellowship of the Geeks), and “near perfect” (Frank Rodriguez, The Broken Infinite).

When her father gains possession of a supernatural artifact, Athena Voltaire sets off on an adventure that pits her against Nazis, deadly assassins, an old nemesis, and an angry fire goddess!

“This story represents a huge breakthrough for me, as both a writer and as an artist,” Bryant said. “And now that the ball’s rolling, I can’t wait to start on the next Athena Voltaire adventure!”

Athena Voltaire launched as part of the Modern Tales family of webcomics in 2002 and was nominated for a Best Digital Comic Eisner Award in 2005. The feature was included in St. Martin’s The Year’s Best Graphic Novels, Comics and Manga (2004 edition), and has subsequently garnered Manning and Harvey Award nominations, as well.

Athena Voltaire and the Volcano Goddess is a 96-page trade paperback that joins the 224-page hardcover Athena Voltaire Compendium in the Action Lab library. Upcoming releases include a one-shot special and a prose collection, as well as another mini-series, Athena Voltaire and the Sorcerer Pope. With it’s period setting, rapid-fire action, and strong female lead, the series is sure to appeal to fans of Indiana Jones, the Rocketeer, and the Black Widow.

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Formed in 2010 with the purpose of pooling their collective talents into a single, powerful entity, the members of Action Lab Entertainment have countless years in multimedia publishing, design, and business.  Their first release, Fracture, was successfully funded through Kickstarter and since then they have continued their mission to produce high quality, genre-spanning entertainment.  Since its formation, the accolades for A.L.E continue to build on a daily basis.  Among its more popular titles are all ages material like the Eisner, Glyph, Shel Dorf Award nominated series PRINCELESS, MIRACULOUS (based on the Nickelodeon Television series), Jamal Igle’s MOLLY DANGER, Artist/ Writer Katie Cook’s GRONK and Gayle Middleton’s (My Little Pony, The Littlest Pet Shop) monstrously adorable VAMPLETS. Action Lab’s Mature Readers imprint ACTION LAB DANGER ZONE continues to push the envelope of comics entertainment with titles as varied as Charles Band’s PUPPET MASTER and Dan Mendoza’s over the top horror-comedy ZOMBIE TRAMP, VAMPBLADE and ITTY BITTY BUNNIES IN RAINBOW PIXIE CANDY LAND, and socially relevant titles including SOUTHERN DOG, KINGDOM BUM and M Goodwin’s TOMBOY.

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